Joseph ingels



Wiliam/sies N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

" To allwhom it may concerne` had to the accompanying this specification, in whichi 4 e Figure `1 represents the ydesk in perspective, withthe inkstand therein. l

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Josnr'n ments,r or MILTON, INDIANA.

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i" The Schedule `referred. to in these'lIie-tters 4Patent and making part cf the same.

` Be it knownthat I, JOSEPH INGELS, of Milton,

, in the county ofWayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain l new andnseful VImprovements in School-Desks; and Ijdo hereby declare the following to be afnll, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being drawings making a part of the lid slightly raised to show thel method of hanging Figure 2 represents an endelevationof the desk as it'appears when the Atop is swung down and the seat raised up, or ifoldedlup as it is termed.

Figure-3 represents an',end elevation of the desk as it appears vwhen .arranged for use and occupation.- l l Figures 4, 5 and 6,represent' detached portions ofthe desk,` which will be` hereafter more particularly referredto.v

1 Similarietters'of reference, where they 'occur iii the several-,separate figures, denote'like parts of the desk, or desk and seatyin all ofthe drawings."

Myinvention `relates to al school-l desk, or, more properly, a combineddesk and seat 'for school pur'- poses, in. wliich the desk is pivoted so as to be raised 'up or let down,and held in any adjnstedposition; and in hanging the inkstand therein or thereto, so that it will inany landall of the positions in whichr the desk portion may be placed, maintain an upright `I position; and: itfurther relates to the giving of two bearings to each end of the seat, one in front and the other at the rear, so that theseat may follow the inclination of the body of the occupant as it movesfor` ward orbackward thereon. l 1' To enablel others 1I skilled in the art to make and describe the same `withreference to thedrawings.` The end pieces or supports` A A are made,` for the :sake otcheapness 'and durability, 'of cast metal, and

may `be united `by a longitudinal strip, B, of wood, a backlsupport for the occupant of the seatQ'. 1 i l Near the upper ends of the supportsA A,as seen l at a, are pivots, to or by which the desk yportionD is hung to. said end supports, so as to be raised and heldv up or, lowered, as `occasion may require. y

The deskD is composed of an inclosed compart. ment, 1),. access to which maybe attained,` by means of lthe `hinged. top, cover, rlid c; and in said com@ i partment is hung,bytrunn i ons orotherwise, an inkstand, ,jwhich isoverpoised at its lower* end, so

i that, in'4 whateverlposition the 4deskA may -be placed,

upward.

The table eof the desk is wider than the opposite'.

side pieceof the desk, said table forming, itself,'one of the side pieces, and, when this table, portion isin `a horizontal, or nearly so, position, as seen in g. 3,

the top of the inkstand swings into a position directly opposite an opening through said table, so that, while the inkstand is always Within the compartmentvof the desk, it is readily accessible when the table' portion of the desk is in a position in which it can he used for writing. s

` In the interior edge of the upper .portions of the end pieces A, as seen. at f, there are made ratchet teeth, into which swinging and reversible pawls or dog's g, fastened to the' -ends of the desk, maywork or catch, so as tohold the desk when 'down or; folded, as seen in iigs.'1 2, orjup, as seengin iig. The rod, h,.on which these dogs or pawls are hung, may extend clear through from end to end of.. the

i desk, 'to strengthen the structure, though not neces.

sarily so, for forming the pivot supports of the dogs or pavvls.

`I have represented. the ends and the bottom portion j of the desk as made of metal.` I can, of

course, make these parts of other material, when so preferred, without changing the characteristics of my invention.

The seat C is supported on two pivots or studs m n, at each of its ends; said pivots or studsliaving' Seats, which control and define they Vextent to which the seat can descend, but do not prevent said seat from swinging, on the rear pivots n, up into a posi! tion like that shown in tig. 2, the rails k k of the end pieces serving as or against.

When the seat is let down, as seen in lig. 3, it can raise a shortdistance at its rear, swinging on the front pivots or studs m, while the rear pivots or studs a move in and through the curved slots o' r in the end pieces The object vof the raising and lowering of the rear of the seat is, that the seatmay follow or rock, to

accommodate itself to the .inclination of the body-of" the user as itis moved for-ward or'backward.

That these desks may and moved and adjusted without noise, I have intel'- posed lrubber disks vor cushions atv all' the*l moving parts, sc that there will be no clatter or noise, wheu the parts are swung from one position into another.

guides for the rollers o o to run om be folded up and unfolded,

The rubber may ,be seen at the points marked 'l 2 3, and is similarly .interposed Vat m as at ,sothatall these parts may movc or come, togethernoise'-I lessly.

Figs. 4 and 6 represent sections broken at or near n or m, and a, and g..5 represents one of th'edouble pawls, g, on'an enlarged scale.

Having thus fully described my improved school- Adeskor combined desk and seat,

What I claim therein as new, and desire torsecnre In combination with a pivoted desk, D, supported on and by the endpieees A A, a. double reversible pawl .on the desk, and reversed ratchetfteeth on thev endy piece, for holding said desk when up or down,

.substantially as described and represented.

Also, in combination with a swinging or folding desk, an inkstand suspended thereto so as always to Also,

remain in the same vertical position, whatever may bectbeposition of the desk, and accessible through an opening in the table portion of said desk,as described and represented.

Witnesses A. B. STOUGHTON, EDMUND MAssoN.

the seat C, in combination with the'ie'nd` 

